by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Dec 31, 2012 | News
The United States is a Christian nation, according to a Gallup Poll that surveyed how Americans identify themselves. “[M]ore than nine in 10 Americans who have a religious identity are affiliated with a Christian religion. There has been little change in this...
by Leroy Seat | Aug 9, 2012 | Opinion
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, popularly known as the Mormon Church, began in 1830 after Joseph Smith claimed to have received special revelations from God. The following year, many of his followers moved to Missouri and began to build up the City of...
by Elizabeth Bryant | Feb 16, 2012 | News
CHESNAY, FRANCE (RNS) Past clusters of houses and frozen fields in this Paris suburb, the Palace of Versailles sparkles in the evening sun. But Mayor Philippe Brillault has his eyes set on a different landmark: an abandoned, asbestos-choked power plant. It is the spot...
by Daniel Burke | Feb 16, 2012 | News
(RNS) The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has apologized for a Mormon who baptized the late parents of famed Nazi-hunter Simon Wiesenthal. But despite calls this week from Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel and others to rethink the controversial rite, the...
by Peggy Fletcher Stack | Feb 2, 2012 | News
SALT LAKE CITY (RNS) A Mormon student surfs the Internet for a school assignment and discovers that Mormon founder Joseph Smith had multiple wives, even marrying a 14-year-old. A returned Mormon missionary, preparing a Sunday school lesson, comes across a website...
